Sylvia Shawcross When you grow older it is almost arduous trying to remember what once was. I was trying to remember when it all happened—when did the world I understand disappear? What were the small things that should have clued me in more to expect what we’re in now? One day I was watching a …
I know many of us are still trying to make sense of the seemingly insane, and definitely disturbing, political developments of the past several years. Left and right, up and down, seem all jumbled up. Perhaps most disorienting has been the rapidity of the changes in how ‘Western Liberal Democracies’ behave as political actors. Personally, for most of my life, […]
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When the bureaucratic well runs dry, you as survivor of DV are on your own, especially when family and friends are riding in their own Private Idaho. Preface: According to band member Kate Pierson, “Private Idaho” was inspired by the feeling of being trapped and isolated, like a prisoner in solitary confinement. The song originated […]
It’s fascinating to watch how easy it is for the corporate media’s institutional bias to successfully direct the dumb gaze of the sleepwalkers to its chosen angle so that the parameters of debate are squeezed and narrowed until they include only its own perspective. In this case it’s, ‘is Russell Brand a hypocrite?’
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The following article by BSN editor Alison Banville was published in The Morning Star. A few days ago I joined a large crowd gathered outside the Department of Transport in London. There were ornate union banners being held aloft proudly emblazoned with ‘Manchester RMT’, ‘Liverpool, Branch no 5 est. 1913’, ‘Wigan RMT’ and, most movingly for me as a girl […]
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I was on WMAL Washington radio yesterday with Larry O’Connor to pummel Biden’s mortgage mandate madness. He liked my line: “The easiest way to ruin somebody’s life is to give them a mortgage they can’t afford.” The furor over this policy is spurring House Republicans to seek to block the Biden administration’s boneheaded “reform.” Here’s […]
77 WABC‘s Rita Cosby had me on her New York radio show to talk about my New York Post oped on Biden’s bizarre scheme to punish creditworthy homebuyers to subsidize bad credit risks. Giving people mortgages they can’t afford can ruin their lives. Biden could repeat the 2008+ housing crash that devastated Blacks & Hispanics. […]
By waging an all-out war on the left and its ideas, the Labour leader is strangling hope of change in a time of crisis and risks driving voters towards right-wing authoritarians here is a reason – and not the one given – why Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has announced that he is banning his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, from standing as a candidate for the party at […]
The economic stranglehold and selective approach to aid will lead to more death and displacement Following the devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey, Syria and their neighboring countries on February 6, leaving more than 20,000 dead, Damascus is struggling to deal with this unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe as it remains under brutal Western sanctions that have brought the country to its knees. […]
‘Missionary Journalists’ Are Lying About the American Revolution by Jim Bovard | Feb 7, 2023 The 1619 Project is back in the news with the release of the six-part Hulu series built around its claim that “nearly everything that has made America exceptional grew out of slavery.” The 1619 Project, championed by Nikole Hannah-Jones of […]
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